[NCUC-DISCUSS] Article by Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis

[Mueller, Milton L]

Yes, Bruna, it is a mistake to frame Trump's massive policy changes as part of the ancient "regulation vs. deregulation" debate of the 1980s and 90s. Trump's tariffs and export controls are extremely regulatory.

The idea that he can impose 50% taxes on imports from Brazil because he likes Bolsonaro and doesn't like Lula is not "deregulation," it's regulation for economic nationalism of the worst sort. Tariffs are taxes and they often come with "domestic content" regulations that specify in detail what country different components of a machine must come from.

What Europe & BRICS countries need to understand is that their own attempts to be economic nationalists makes it inevitable that the U.S. will respond in the same way; e.g., if Europe regulates U.S. platforms for tech nationalist/digital sovereignty reasons then they can't complain too much when U.S. nationalist politicians respond with the same tactics and slap taxes and regulations on European auto manufacturers.


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Except that deregulation does not necessarily go against open, free Internet and BRICS are notorious in undertaking anti democratic and authoritarian actions, even if they say nice things in their AI action plans. We should never forget that. Especially when our allies increasingly act like BRICS (the bricks quality they use is amazing, not only it doesn’t get infiltrated, some find themselves defending and copying it!)

Farzaneh


On Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos <bruna.mrtns at gmail.com<mailto:bruna.mrtns at gmail.com>> wrote:
On a similar-ish Note I wrote about US govt using tariffs as a strategy to force deregulatiom across the globe.

Sharing it here as well:
https://www.techpolicy.press/in-the-trump-era-deregulation-has-become-a-foreign-policy-directive/


Bruna Santos


Godsway Kubi <kubigodsway390 at gmail.com<mailto:kubigodsway390 at gmail.com>> schrieb am Sa. 19. Juli 2025 um 09:22:
Hi Glenn, thank you for sharing.

Interesting times ahead... It’s a reminder of why our collective efforts across civil society, academia, and technical communities remain crucial in ensuring that Internet freedom doesn’t become a geopolitical casualty.

Regards,
Godsway

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On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com<mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>> wrote:
https://www.techpolicy.press/the-us-just-logged-off-from-internet-freedom/
The US Just Logged Off from Internet Freedom
Konstantinos Komaitis / Jul 16, 2025

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